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She lived in a terraced house in Kings Cross.
She had 1 older and 6 younger siblings.
She grew up in a home with an abusive father.
As a child, she would attempt to attend the magic lantern show.
She was married.
She had her first son in November 1919, her second son in September 1921, and her third son in 1932.
As a young girl, she would collect old rags, bottles and bones in order to sell them.
At the age of 14, she worked at a laundry shop.
She then became a nurse-housemaid, looking after three children.
At the age of seventeen, she worked many different jobs such as being a servant in many different places, becoming a kitchen maid or working at a piano factory.
When the war broke out, she worked in a munitions factory.
After the war, she continued to work many different jobs such as a servant, a cook, a cleaner, housemaid, etc.
After the second world war broke out, she went back to work in a munitions factory.
She then worked as an escort, taking care of deaf children, and then looked after two ladies.
She retired at the age of 71.
The autobiography focuses on life as a member of a working-class at the beginning of the century.
The autobiography focuses on the struggles of growing up in poverty.
The autobiography also describes different jobs that the author undertook throughout her life.
The autobiography is typed-written.
Poverty, Work, War, Domestic Service, Servant, Housemaid |